CVE-2021-47070

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.12.7 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: uio_hv_generic: Fix another memory leak in error handling paths Memory allocated by 'vmbus_alloc_ring()' at the beginning of the probe function is never freed in the error handling path. Add the missing 'vmbus_free_ring()' call. Note that it is already freed in the .remove function.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 0.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status published

Affected Products (3)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.12.7
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Mar 01, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026